Books

Ballet of the Elephants by Leda Schubert and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Roaring Book Press) recounts the 1942 collaboration of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, composer Igor Stravinsky, and Balanchine that resulted in the 50- elephant "Circus Polka" led by Madoc, at the time the largest Indian elephant in America, ridden by Zorina, the famed American ballerina and Hollywood star. Suggested as appropriate for ages 4-8, this book will lay claim to anyone possessed of a bright and curious imagination.